Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Services and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 14.29% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bogala Graphite Lanka PLC (CM:BOGA) added 12.73% or 3.50 points to end at 31.00 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 12.50% or 0.40 points to 3.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 19.98% or 499.40 points to trade at 2000.00 at the close. Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) declined 14.54% or 9.10 points to end at 53.50 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) was down 14.40% or 437.70 points to 2602.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 157 to 70 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.83% or 1.40 to $50.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.80% or 0.95 to hit $54.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.98% or 11.20 to trade at $1155.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.28% to 216.095, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 140.750.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 94.90.